Fracking's Dark Secret

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By Dr. David SuzukiMay 7, 2017, 9:23 am263 pts
We've long known extracting oil and gas comes with negative consequences, and rapid expansion of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, increases the problems and adds new ones—excessive water use and contamination, earthquakes , destruction of habitat and agricultural lands and methane emissions among them. As…

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